Mercury Company has only one inventory pool. On December 31, 2021, Mercury adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method. The inventory on that date using the dollar-value LIFO method was $200,000. Inventory data are as follows:   Year Ending Inventory at Year-End Costs Ending Inventory at Base Year Costs 2022 $ 231,000   $ 220,000   2023   299,000     260,000   2024   300,000     250,000       Required: Compute the inventory at December 31, 2022, 2023, and 2024, using the dollar-value LIFO method. (Round "Year end cost index" to 2 decimal places.)

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Mercury Company has only one inventory pool. On December 31, 2021, Mercury adopted the dollar-value LIFO inventory method. The inventory on that date using the dollar-value LIFO method was $200,000. Inventory data are as follows:
 

Year Ending Inventory at
Year-End Costs
Ending Inventory at
Base Year Costs
2022 $ 231,000   $ 220,000  
2023   299,000     260,000  
2024   300,000     250,000  
 

 
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Compute the inventory at December 31, 2022, 2023, and 2024, using the dollar-value LIFO method. (Round "Year end cost index" to 2 decimal places.)
 

 
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